The HousemartinsLondon 0 Hull 4

Label:

Go! Discs – AGOLP 7

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album, Stereo , Top Right Logo

Country:

UK

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Jangle Pop

Tracklist

A1 Happy Hour
ChimesP.d. Heaton*
Composed ByCullimore*
2:17
A2 Get Up Off Our Knees
Composed ByKey*
3:19
A3 Flag Day
Composed ByKey*
MelodicaP.d. Heaton*
5:21
A4 Anxious
Composed ByCullimore*
2:18
A5 Reverends Revenge
Composed ByCullimore*
1:25
A6 Sitting On A Fence
Composed ByCullimore*
2:52
B1 Sheep
Composed ByCullimore*
2:16
B2 Over There
CelloTony Pleeth*
Composed ByCullimore*
2:56
B3 Think For A Minute
CelloTony Pleeth*
Composed ByCullimore*
3:28
B4 We're Not Deep
Composed ByCullimore*
2:12
B5 Lean On Me
Composed ByWingfield*
4:19
B6 Freedom
Composed ByKey*
Guitar [Noisy]P.d. Heaton*
3:16

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Go! Discs Ltd.
  • Copyright ©Go! Discs Ltd.
  • Published ByGo! Discs Music
  • Published ByIsland Music
  • Recorded AtStrongroom
  • Mixed AtAir Studios
  • Lacquer Cut AtMaster Room
  • Pressed ByPRS Ltd.
  • Marketed ByChrysalis Records Ltd.
  • Distributed ByChrysalis Records Ltd.

Credits

  • Bass, VocalsNorman Cook
  • Design [Sleeve]David Storey
  • Drums, VocalsHugh Whitaker
  • EngineerBodger*
  • Guitar, VocalsStan Cullimore
  • Lacquer Cut ByTone*
  • Photography By [Front, P.d.]Nikki Rodgerson
  • Photography By [Norman]Gus Devlin
  • Photography By [Stan, Hugh]Gino Sprio
  • PianoPete Wingfield (tracks: A2, A3, B5)
  • ProducerJohn Williams (3)
  • Tape OpNick Davis
  • Vocals, HarmonicaP.d. Heaton*

Notes

This release has the Go! Discs logo in the top right-hand corner of the cover (unlike London 0 Hull 4 where it is at the bottom).

Recorded at Strongroom Studios. Mixed at Air Studios.

Issued with a printed inner sleeve featuring a Christmas message and lyrics.

Runouts are stamped with the exception of "tone" on side A, which is etched on all variants.

Some copies came with a round yellow hype sticker ("Includes The F.A.B. Hit Singles 'Sheep' And 'Happy Hour' AGOLP 7")

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Text): 5 013136 153712
  • Barcode: 5013136153712
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A label): AGOLP 7A
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B label): AGOLP 7B
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 1): AGOLP 7 A // 2 ∇ 420 R 1 2 4 tone
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 1): AGOLP 7 B // 1 ∇ 420 R 1 3 5
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 2): AGOLP 7 A // 2 ∇ 420 R 1 2 3 1 tone
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 2): AGOLP 7 B // 2 ∇ 420 R 1 1 3 U
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 3): AGOLP 7 A // 2 ∇ 420 R 11 33 tone
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 3): AGOLP 7 B // 1 ∇ 420 R 1 3 1
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 4): AGOLP 7 A // 1 ∇ 420 R 1 1 tone
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 4): AGOLP 7 B // 2 ∇ 420 R 1 1
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 5): AGOLP 7 A // 2 ∇ 420 R 1 1 5 tone
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 5): AGOLP 7 B // 2 ∇ 420 R 1 1 3
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 6): AGOLP 7 A // 2 ∇ 420 R 1 2 1 tone
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 6): AGOLP 7 B // 1 ∇ 420 R 1 4 1
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 7): AGOLP 7 A // 2 ∇ 420 R 11 3 tone
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 7): AGOLP 7 B // 1 ∇ 420 R 1 1 14
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 8): AGOLP 7 A // 1 ∇ 420 R 11 11 tone
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 8): AGOLP 7 B // 2 ∇ 420 R 11 16
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 9): AGOLP 7 A // 1 ∇ 420 R 1 1 16 tone
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 9): AGOLP 7 B // 2 ∇ 420 R 11 11
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 10): AGOLP 7 A // 2 ∇ 420 R 11 2 9 tone
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 10): AGOLP 7 B // 1 ∇ 420 R 14 6
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 11): AGOLP 7 A // 2 ∇ 420 R 12 1 0 tone
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 11): AGOLP 7 B // 2 ∇ 420 R 12 1 1
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 12): AGOLP 7 A // 2 ∇ 420 R 1 2 5 tone
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 12): AGOLP 7 B // 2 ∇ 420 R 1 5 4
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 13): AGOLP 7 A // 1 ∇ 420 R 13 11 tone
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 13): AGOLP 7 B // 1 ∇ 420 R 14 4

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
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London 0 Hull 4 (CD, Album) Elektra 9 60501-2, 60501-2 US 1986
London 0 Hull 4 (LP, Album, Stereo) Go! Discs 207817, 207 817 Europe 1986
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London 0 Hull 4 (LP, Album, AR) Elektra 60501-1, 9 60501-1 US 1986
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London 0 Hull 4 (LP, Album, Obi) Go! Discs L 38632, AGOLP 7 Australia & New Zealand 1986
New Submission
London 0 Hull 4 (Cassette, Album) Chrysalis 407 817 1986

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Reviews

  • DBMsonic's avatar
    DBMsonic
    Disco d’esordio a metà degli anni ottanta per gli Housemartins. Categoria indie-pop e una strumentazione essenziale come quella di un complessino punk di dieci anni prima. Una dozzina di canzoni orecchiabili e di facile presa, che per una volta non parlano di bisticci d’amore quanto invece del disagio di vita della classe operaia, con una grande qualità compositiva e senza retorica, in poco più di tre minuti ciascuna. Per citare le mie preferite direi «Flag Day» - venata di soul – e poi «Happy Hour» (per quegli impiegati della city, che aprono il portafogli invece del cervello: “Where they open all their wallets / And they close all their minds”); «Sheep» (a deplorare l’ovina apatia di chi non si ribella); e anche «Think For A Minute», tanto per non dimenticare il magico falsetto di P.D. Heaton, vero elemento identitario del sound della band e autore di tutti i pezzi assieme a Stan Cullimore, chitarra solista. Gli altri due componenti sono Norman Cook al basso (che poi negli anni ’90 diventerà piuttosto noto come Fatboy Slim, DJ e produttore di electro-dance) e Dave Hemingway alla batteria. Il pianoforte ospite è di Pete Wingfield (ottimo in «Flag Day» e nell’intimista «Lean On Me») mentre l’armonica che salta fuori nello strumentale «Revenge Revenge» è suonata (bene) da Heaton. I riferimenti del titolo dell’album sono “roba per inglesi” e tanto vale cercarli su internet che si fa prima. La foto dei quattro sul fronte e retro di copertina (raffinata e minimalista) è coerente con l’impostazione ideologica – trade-unionista e anti-tatcheriana – dei loro testi. Nella riedizione in CD ci sono 4 canzoni extra, cosa che in genere non mi piace molto, ma qui almeno questi pezzi - se non aggiungono nulla di rilevante (però emozionano le cover di People Get Ready e He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother, moderni spiritual cantati a cappella) - nemmeno nuocciono all’equilibrio del disco che resta per me MOLTO BUONO e consigliato.
    • bbakkerr's avatar
      bbakkerr
      Growing up in the midwest US wilderness, and with no knowledge of anything, I always figured these guys were imitating the Smiths, but with more political lyrics. But whether they were or not, this album was one of my favorites back when, and it remains so today. Super catchy, great basslines, great album!

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